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The Soldier's Tale

Martyn Brabbins and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale, with Mark Lewis Jones as narrator and Devil, and Elgan Llŷr Thomas as the soldier.

Actor Mark Lewis Jones and Tenor Elgan Llŷr Thomas star in a performance of Stravinsky's otherworldly drama The Soldier's Tale, with conductor Martyn Brabbins and members of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Stravinsky's theatrical work "to be read, played, and danced" is here reimagined as a musical radio drama, in which the Devil persuades the soldier to sell him his precious violin for untold riches—but at what cost?

Recorded last October in BBC Hoddinott Hall.

Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale

Mark Lewis Jones (Narrator; The Devil)
Elgan Llŷr Thomas (The Soldier)
Members of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)

1 hour, 9 minutes

Last on

Sat 5 Jun 202120:50
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Soldier's Tale

    Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake Suite (No 4, 'Scene')

    Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
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Broadcast

  • Sat 5 Jun 202120:50
    BBC Radio 3